| 单词 | civic centre |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivic centre civic centre n. the centre of a city, municipality, etc., esp. as a focal point for local government and civic amenities; (in later use) spec. a purpose-built complex in which the principal public buildings of a municipality are grouped together; a single large public building serving a similar function. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] hall1297 school?a1425 common house1537 basilica1541 public house1560 public building1561 state house1593 prytaneum1673 house of call1699 basilic1728 zayat1823 civic centre1867 jong1904 1867 Derby Mercury 24 July Suppl. Not merely were there dense crowds to cheer him [sc. the sultan] as he progressed from Buckingham Palace to the Guildhall, but at the civic centre a brilliant company was gathered to do him honour. 1909 H. I. Triggs Town Planning i. 12 Every effort should be made..to make the open spaces more extensive the farther they are removed from the civic centre. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 270 Give to London all the town planning, all the civic centres, all the garden suburbs that the ingenuity of man can devise. 1996 PC World Aug. 62/2 I met Beyers de Klerk in his office in the new Boksburg Civic Center, a concrete tower that looms above the old, low-rise downtown. < as lemmas |
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